The Minister of Culture Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said
that 39 locations in the Western Ghats in the States of Kerala,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have been inscribed as a World
Heritage Site in the UNESCO World Heritage List during the 36th session
of World Heritage Committee held in July, 2012 at St. Petersburg,
Russia. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the Ministry
of Environment & Forests (MoEF) establishes National Parks,
Wildlife Sanctuaries and Tiger Reserves under the Wild Life (Protection)
Act 1972. Central assistance is provided to the States. No statutory
authority is set up for the conservation of the world heritage sites in
the Western Ghats.
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